Information Technology and Communications research
The worldwide storage systems hardware market grew by just 2% in 2021 to reach $34.8 billion, which proved yet again that the success of these products has become increasingly unconnected with that of raw storage, which grew by 19% growth in the year. My Figure above shows total spending by […] Read more »
A look at the raw storage market for HDD, NAND and DRAM in 2021 Read more »
An overview of IBM's z16 mainframe at announcement Read more »
A look at spending, changes and supplier market shares in enterprise and service provider networks Read more »
A look at the mobile device market and its carbon consequences Read more »
My latest shares, trends and analysis of the global storage market Read more »
IBM’s storage group’s strategy seeks to support customers in their use of multiple data centers, whether on premises or in public clouds – and whether using IBM products or others. It wants to make it easier and more efficient for them; but to do so it has mastered a number […] Read more »
A look at the status of the cloud services market complete with market shares and forecasts Read more »
The printer market entered yet another phase of decline as the result of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020 customers spent $33 billion (down 10%) on 143 million printers (down 11%), while the total installed base dropped 4% to 577 million. Read more »
A quick look at Cisco's historical success and future challenges Read more »
What can we learn from HP's disaggregation? Read more »
Some ideas - with market data and forecasts - on IBM's intention to split itself into 2 companies Read more »
Some notes on the important role of PCs during the pandemic with market shares and forecasts Read more »
Service Provider and Enterprise Networks have been extremely important during the pandemic; nevertheless most Telcos and organizations have been relying on those already installed to keep people, governments and businesses connected. In total the market grew by 1% to $187 billion in the year to the end of March, but […] Read more »
A look at the gaming console hardware and software market in Q1 2020 Read more »
How will the mobile device market behave during and after the pandemic? I look at the trends and publish a new forecast Read more »
A look at cloud computing spending growth, market shares and forecasts in Q1 2020 Read more »
A sizing of the storage systems and raw storage markets in 2019 Read more »
A look at the server market in 2019 including shares for suppliers, operating systems and virtualization status. Read more »
A look at the market for peripherals (including printers) in 2019 Read more »